Mission Statement

The mission of the Ethnic Services Committee is to ensure that mental health services meet the increasing mental health needs of diverse cultural, linguistic, racial and ethnic populations, and to actively address the conditions that contribute to and are indicators of the need for relevant, high quality mental health services.

Meeting Schedules

• 2010 Ethnic Services Committee: Regional Chairs Conference Call Schedule (Updated June 2010) (PDF 22 KB)
• 2010-2011 Ethnic Services Committee Meeting Schedule (Updated June 2010) (PDF 28 KB)

CMHDA Resouces

• Ethnic Services Coordinators and Managers Roster (Updated: March 2010) (PDF 40 KB)
• CMHDA Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities
  
  • County Mental Health Service (CMHS) "Implementation Checklist" for CMHDA Framework (December 2006) (PDF 31 KB)
  • ESC Letter to MH Directors Re: Framework (September 2005) (PDF 54 KB)
  • CMHDA Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities (Adopted March 2005) (PDF 772 KB)

Additional Resources

• CiMH Center for Reducing Health Disparities
  
  • CiMH Staff Directory: Multicultural (Link)
  • CiMH Conferences and Trainings Calendar (Link)
  • CiMH Report “Many Voices, One Direction: Building a Common Agenda for Cultural Competence in Mental Health” (February 2002) (PDF 661 KB)
• DMH Office of Multicultural Services
  
  • DMH OMS: Homepage (Link)
  • DMH OMS: 2010 Cultural Competence Plan Requirements (Link)
  • DMH Information Notice 10-02, "The 2010 Cultural Competence Plan Requirements" (January 26, 2010) (Link)
    
    • Enclosure 1 – Cultural Competence Plan Requirements (Link)
    • If you would like to download full 2010 DMH Information Notices and Enclosures, visit www.dmh.ca.gov/DMHDocs/2010_Notices.asp.
  • DMH OMS: California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) (Link)
    • DMH OMS California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) Roster (May 25, 2010) (Link)
  • DMH OMS: Informational Facts Sheets (Link)
• Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Committee (MHSOAC)
  
  • Cultural and Linguistic Competence Committee (CLCC) Meeting Information (Link)
  • MHSOAC Cultural and Linguistic Competence Technical Resource Group (CLCTRG) Workplan (Link)

Committee Leadership

• Alfredo Aguirre, LCSW – Co-Chair
  San Diego County
• Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW – Co-Chair
  Sacramento County
• Stephanie Welch, MSW – CMHDA Contact
  swelch@cmhda.org
• Megan Montgomery - CMHDA Administrative Contact
  mmontgomery@cmhda.org

Regional Leadership

• Nelson Jim - Bay Region Co-Chair
  Director of Cultural Competency and Client Relations
  San Francisco Department of Public Health
  nelson.jim@sfdph.org
• Hugo Lucero - Bay Region Co-Chair
  Cultural Competence/Ethnic Services Manager
  Mental Health Division – City of Berkeley
  hlucero@ci.berkeley.ca.us
• Marla Ford, LCSW, MPA - Central Region Co-Chair
  CC/ES Manager & MHSA Consortium Coordinator
  San Joaquin County Mental Health
  mford@sjcbhs.org
• Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW - Central Region Co-Chair
  Cultural Competence/E.S. Program Manager
  Sacramento County Division of Mental Health
  johnsonj@saccounty.net
• Veronica Kelley, LCSW - Southern Region Chair
  Service Chief/ Ethnic Serv. Coordinator
  Orange County Behavioral Health Services
  vkelley@ochca.com
• Elizabeth Gowan, MFT - Superior Region Chair
  MHSA Coordinator, Program Manager
  Butte County Department of Behavioral Health
  egowan@buttecounty.net